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Women in Art
This list includes works in the collections under the care of the Architect of the Capitol, U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate, and is not exhaustive.
        
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    Sculpture with three faces.

Many women of achievement are depicted in the art of the United States Capitol. As the following list shows, these women have played significant roles in the development of the American nation from colonial times through the modern era. In addition to these figures, numerous unidentified women appear in historical works and in generalized scenes of American life; many allegorical figures, such as the Statue of Freedom, are female.

Podcast Episode: Women in Capitol Art

This podcast is part of the Shaping History: Women in Capitol Art series created by the U.S. Capitol Visitor Center. Listen below to hear about the women artists and women historical figures depicted in the art of the Capitol.



Download the transcript or read more about this episode.

Locations for works in public areas are provided. *See also: Women Artists*

Paintings and Portraits

**Representative Corinne "Lindy" Boggs**
	Representative for whom the Congressional Women's Reading Room was named.
	Oil on canvas by Ned Bittinger, 2004.
	**Senator Hattie O.W. Caraway**
	First woman elected to the Senate.
	Oil on canvas by J.O. Buckley, 1996.
	Senate wing, second floor, main corridor.
	**Representative Shirley Chisholm**
	First black woman elected to Congress.
	Oil on canvas by Kadir Nelson, 2008.
	House Connecting Corridor, first floor.
	**Electoral Commission of 1877**
	Depicts wives and daughters of Presidents and Members of Congress, leading female reporters, and other notable women of the day.
	Oil on canvas by Cornelia A. Fassett, 1879.
	Senate wing, third floor, east corridor.
	**Embarkation of the Pilgrims**
	Depicts Mrs. Brewster, Mrs. White, Mrs. Winslow, Mrs. Fuller, Mrs. Rose Standish, Mrs. Bradford, and Mrs. Carver.
	Oil on canvas by Robert W. Weir, 1843.
	Rotunda.
	**Eveline Fessenden Freeman**
	Future wife of Edward Clark, Architect of the Capitol.
	Oil on canvas by Constantino Brumidi, 1853.
	**Representative Florence Prag Kahn**
	First Jewish woman elected to Congress.
	Oil on canvas by Andre White, 2009.
	House wing, east stairway.
	**Representative Patsy Mink**
	First woman of color and first Asian-American woman elected to Congress.
	Oil on aluminum by Sharon Sprung, 2022.
	House Connecting Corridor, first floor.
	**Mrs. Motte Directing Generals Marion and Lee to Burn her Mansion to Dislodge the British**
	Oil on canvas by John Blake White, 1810–1815.
	Senate wing, third floor, south corridor.
	**Representative Mary Teresa Norton**
	Chair of the Committee of the District of Columbia, Committee on Labor, Committee on Memorials, and Committee on House Administration.
	Oil on canvas by Elaine Hartley, 1930–1935.
	**Speaker Nancy Pelosi**
	Speaker of the House of Representatives; first woman to serve as Speaker.
	Oil on canvas by Ron Sherr, 2014.
	**Baptism of Pocahontas**
	Depicts Pocahontas, her sister, Mrs. Forrest, and Anne Laydon.
	Oil on canvas by John G. Chapman, 1840.
	Rotunda.
	**Pocahontas**
	Daughter of Chief Powhatan who assisted colonial settlers in Jamestown.
	Oil on canvas by unknown artist, after an unidentified artist, English School, after 1616 engraving by Simon de Passe.
	**Representative Jeanette Rankin**
	First woman elected to Congress.
	Oil on canvas by Sharon Sprung, 2004.
	House Wing, third floor, elevator lobby.
	**Representative Edith Nourse Rogers**
	Chair of the Committee on Veteran Affairs.
	Oil on canvas by Howard Chandler Christy, 1950.
	**Senator Margaret Chase Smith**
	First woman to win election to the House and the Senate.
	Oil on canvas by Ronald Frontin, 2005.
	**Representative Leonor Sullivan**
	Chair of the Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries.
	Oil on canvas by Charles J. Fox, n.d.
	**Amanda Gardiner Walter**
	Second wife of Thomas Ustick Walter, Architect of the Capitol.
	Oil on canvas by Abraham Woodside, 1851.
	**General George Washington Resigning his Commission**
	Depicts Martha Washington and her granddaughters.
	Oil on canvas by John Trumbull, 1824.
	Rotunda.Statues and Busts

**Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune**
	Educator and activist.
	Marble by Nilda M. Comas, 2022.
	National Statuary Hall.
	**Willa Cather**
	Novelist, journalist and editor.
	Bronze by Littleton Alston, 2023.
	U.S. Capitol Visitor Center.
	**Amelia Earhart**
	Aviator, author, and activist.
	Bronze by Mark and George Lundeen, 2022.
	National Statuary Hall.
	**Mother Joseph**
	Humanitarian and one of the first architects in the Northwestern United States.
	Bronze by Felix W. de Weldon, 1980.
	Emancipation Hall, U.S. Capitol Visitor Center.
	**Helen Keller**
	Humanitarian and the first deaf and blind person to earn a Bachelor of Arts degree.
	Bronze by Edward Hlavka, 2009.
	Emancipation Hall, U.S. Capitol Visitor Center.
	**Esther Hobart Morris**
	First woman to hold judicial office in the modern world.
	Bronze by Avard Fairbanks, 1960.
	Hall of Columns.
	**Rosa Parks**
	Civil rights pioneer.
	Bronze by Eugene Daub, 2013.
	National Statuary Hall.
	**Jeannette Rankin**
	First woman elected to Congress.
	Bronze by Terry Mimnaugh, 1985.
	Emancipation Hall, U.S. Capitol Visitor Center.
	**Dr. Florence Rena Sabin**
	Chair of the committee responsible for the Sabin Health Laws, which led to major reforms in the Colorado medical system.
	Bronze by Joy Buba, 1959.
	Hall of Columns.
	**Sakakawea**
	Guide and interpreter who accompanied Lewis and Clark in their exploration of the Western United States.
	Bronze by Leonard Crunelle, 1909; copied by Arizona Bronze Atelier in 2003.
	Emancipation Hall, U.S. Capitol Visitor Center.
	**Maria L. Sanford**
	One of the first women named to a college professorship.
	Bronze by Evelyn Raymond, 1958.
	Emancipation Hall, U.S. Capitol Visitor Center.
	**Sojourner Truth**
	Abolitionist and women's rights activist.
	Bronze by Artis Lane, 2009.
	Emancipation Hall, U.S. Capitol Visitor Center.
	**Frances E. Willard**
	Founder and president of Women's Christian Temperance Union.
	Marble by Helen Farnsworth Mears, 1905.
	National Statuary Hall.
	**Sarah Winnemucca**
	Author of the first book written by a Native American woman.
	Bronze by Benjamin Victor, 2005.
	Emancipation Hall, U.S. Capitol Visitor Center.
	**Portrait Monument to Lucretia Mott, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and Susan B. Anthony**
	Depicts the three women leaders of the Women's Suffrage Movement.
	Marble by Adelaide Johnson, 1921.
	Rotunda.Murals

**Captain Smith and Pocahontas**
	Depicts Pocahontas saving John Smith's life.
	Fresco by Constantino Brumidi, 1880.
	Frieze, Rotunda.
	**Challenger**
	Depicts Christa McAulliffe and Judy Resnik, the two female astronauts that died on the Challenger mission.
	Oil-on-canvas mural by Charles Schmidt, 1987.
	Senate wing, first floor, outside Room S-121.
	**Clara Barton** (vignette)
	Founder and first president of the American Red Cross.
	Oil-on-canvas mural by Allyn Cox, 1982.
	House wing, first floor, central east–west corridor (Great Experiment Hall).
	**Ann Hutchinson**(vignette)
	Co-founder of Rhode Island.
	Oil-on-canvas mural by Allyn Cox, 1982.
	House wing, first floor, central east–west corridor (Great Experiment Hall).
	**Jeannette Rankin** (vignette)
	Oil-on-canvas mural by Allyn Cox, 1982.
	House wing, first floor, central east-west corridor (Great Experiment Hall).
	**Rotunda as a Hospital During the Civil War, 1862**
	Depicts Clara Barton serving as a nurse.
	Oil-on-canvas mural by Allyn Cox, 1974.
	House wing, first floor, eastern north-south corridor (Hall of Capitols).
	**Women's Suffrage Parade**
	Depicts Anna Howard Shaw and Carrie Chapman Catt.
	Oil-on-canvas mural by Allyn Cox, 1982.
	House wing, first floor, central east–west corridor (Great Experiment Hall).Interior Sculpture

**Preservation of Captain John Smith by Pocahontas**
	Sandstone relief by Antonio Capellano, 1825.
	Rotunda, above west door.Exterior Sculpture

**Queen Isabella, in Columbus Doors panel "Audience at the Court of Ferdinand and Isabella" and statue in niche beside panel.**
	Bronze by Randolph Rogers, 1861.
	East Rotunda entrance.
	**Lady Beatrix de Bobadilla, statue in niche beside Columbus Doors panel "Departure from the Convent of La Rábida."**
	Bronze by Randolph Rogers, 1861.
	East Rotunda entrance. Serve. Preserve. Inspire.

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